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Vol. II, dumber 6
Port Snelling, Minnesota
'•ay 9, 1935
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It would see.i that the Rations and savings d-.p-rtaent of the Finance Office
is doing a rushing business tnese daus,
judgeing from the number of rations paid
for In tha .ionth of April.
A total of 417,825 rations were paid ;
for, which makes approximately 1,25.3,475
meals whioh were consumed by member's of ■
Winnesotu District CCC and VCC companies;
in the last calendar month.
SaVbS CnFT.-IX'S DAUGHTER ' '
lie saved tiie Captain's daughter*. Leslie Hiiaes, i'e.ry operator for Co. 1535,
SeeiJert, v'. Va. , pulled young Miss __lenk
x'ro.i possible death oy drowning when she
f.il oi'i the rear of tno ferry. Hi.nes
was cruiisporci.,g Wi--. Xleuk s-nd Ca^t.
Fred Kl~nk, cue J.O. from ca.ap to the
town of S-elurt, ,v__e.i_ the uocidont occurred. Miss Kienk escaped with no harm
axoapt .vet clothing.
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Laii up in the hospital with mensles,
Snr'ollees Skinner, Ballard, Higgi'ns, and
notci. of Co. 614, Murph/sboro, 111.,
•aoh gave one-half pint of blood to be
Used as serum to combat tho current cpi-
iomio of tho disease.
Due tc tha abnormal spread of measles
.in the Chioa.o area i during the past Winter, thi supply of serum in the nospitals
Jaeoam. exhausted. CCC men wao lud the
disease wire called u^on-for blood, because of the excellent physical condition.
0n^> h-«.lf of tha 3oru,n goes to Gov.rn-
..unt hospitals, and Ar..iy ageno'ias; the
otner tiv_lt' is sent ,o ohari table and
Stj.ni-onu.ritable institutions. The Ill
inois Public health Service
snare.
ilso
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A tornado brought sudden d.ath and
destruction to th- little town of rjlosterj
Miss. Th. CCC brought quick aid to the
stricken oomnunity.
Th. torn.io razed almost th- entire
northern half of th..- toivn. Gloster wm
in darkness, and help in largo munbers
iv.s needed it onoj. The word wis flash-
jd to Co. 456, about fiv<_ miles away,
and inmadiately tha men of the camp, led
by th.; bblo corps of officers ind forest-
_rs, responded 100 per c.-nt and fioed the
wind and rain to help with the rescue.
por pour hours, these men patrolled the
area, gathering thu de-d .nd wounded, rendering first- rid, moving th.. wound.d to
th-j hospit-ls, in \rray -nd Forestry truck-J
s, .nd guarding tho ruined buildings.
The toll was five do d, approximately
75 hurt, -nd 50. or more homos swept away,
b-'sidas the b:.rns, warehouses, cotton gin
.^nd compress.
Men of Co. 466 furnished from thtir
own bunks, 200 blankets for use of the
loc -1 Red Cross in tho emergency, as well
_s providing u dozen or more cots for use
in the hospital in C^ntrevilie.
The following day th. resources of the
c imp were at th. dispos A of th. town and
members cheerfully volunteered for guard
.duty, and for clearing the streets of
tangled wire, trees and debris. The next
diy, 100 .ien from'Co. 1469, Knoxvill ,
■is, rnd a detachment frcm Col 471, Erook
.-•v.n, rnd Co. 1478, Meadville, c ime to
assist in th- vork.
F-ARTA r-rA CCfTP R WTH CHI"?
The 10 regional forest-rs ind II directors of forest -experiment stitions -re
it the present time in Washington, D.C.,
whjr. they are meeting with Chief. ;-or-
gt..r p. ,. Siloox.
Und_r discussion aro administration
problems "for th. 'doming ye.r.